Sailor Mercury smiled to herself when her friends followed her lead. She knew that she could count on them. They were her closest friends and her dear teammates, and they stayed by her side. She was sure they shared some of her fears and concerns about Jasper, but they were guardians of love and justice. They couldn't let this group have their unruly way!

The blue-suited sailor soldier of water and wisdom jumped into the assembled group, standing proud along her allies.

"How dare you disobey our laws and raise the low Japanese crime rate! Sailor Mercury supports our culture of collectivism and order! Douse your head in water and repent!"

She managed to add her voice to the speeches just before Sailor Moon stepped in to conclude with hers. The blue-haired sailor soldier scanned the crowd with her VR Visor, wondering if there was data to be gathered from the assembled group.

Thanks to the help of a very handsome man, Kaede was now far away from the "enemy" the others had been talking about. But now she could see that a very interesting situation was going on. The masked people were back! And this time they were being led by a man in a pig mask!

She was soon distracted by the arrival of her favorit heroes.

"WOW, DUDE!" she shouted. "LOOK!"

She pointed at the amazing sight of Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus. Of course, to Mamoru, it wasn't so amazing, but she didn't know that.

"EVERY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SENSHI IS HERE. Well, everyone but Jupiter, BUT STILL. HOLY COW. I NEED A PHOTO. I NEED AUTOGRAPHS."

Kaede was completely unaware of the dangers around her. It was almost as if she thought she was a viewer of the Sailor Moon cartoon, not someone who was caught in the middle of a dangerous situation. In fact, she seemed to be forgetting that she herself was a senshi too and she wasn't so eager to go with Mamoru.

Amongst the sudden confusion of the crowd, a single inhuman voice washed over the masked men. Though it was not spoken with words, the message was as clear as the morning sky.

The mob was ready to descend on Jasper like a pack of carrion birds, but they had not been expecting the valiant soldiers of love and justice to stand up for a rich man who seemed to enjoy flaunting his imported car. Their confusion died down as the voice reassured them of their next task. Either it was comforting, or powerful enough to smother the individual fears and bolster the recipient with dark purpose.

Kill them.

The crowd split in half, four vandals each setting their sights on one of the defiant sailor senshi. With a collective shout of fury, the crazed citizens charged towards the sailor senshi. The remaining fourteen had formed a wide semicircle around Jasper and his car, intent on harming him before Venus could come to his rescue.

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All of the senshi (Mamoru, Kaede, Luna, and Jasper included) will 'hear' the telepathic command, but will not be compelled to obey it.

The civilians that attack the senshi are less threatening than the supernatural menaces they've faced to date. Other than the Pigman, they will have NO PROBLEMS defeating the citizens - so feel free to narrate the senshi defeating their attackers however you like!

In addition, Chibiusa realizes that she has felt this invasive force before.. yesterday, at the Crown Arcade.

This day was just full of surprises. Some ill-mannered miscreants were set to vandalize Jasper's sports car, and their apparent leader attempted to start a violent altercation with him. He had expected that some people might resent the things that he had worked hard to earn, but not to the point where he would be physically attacked within Tokyo.

Even more surprising was the appearance of the Sailor Senshi, whom Jasper had wanted to avoid for mostly personal reasons. He did hold them in high regard, but it was unlikely they would treat him with equal consideration; not for someone who had once been their enemy, albeit a relatively unknown enemy.

Mixed feelings flew through his mind. They did not appear to be after him for the moment; to all appearances, he was a civilian who deserved a break from an angry mob. By now, the senshi had plenty of experience to draw upon; he was aware of some of the conflicts that transpired after the Dark Kingdom's fall, but chose not to involve himself in their struggles. They had proven their capabilities many times in those short two years. Out of the gathered senshi, it felt heartwarming to hear Sailor Venus speak up in his defense.

Another short thought flashed through his mind, but was quickly counterbalanced. He would have to avoid calling upon his own magical abilities in order to avoid suspicion. It was unlikely they would be needed, though; it was the Sailor Senshi who had appeared to protect him. Before his thoughts could start to linger on how attractive Venus had appeared during her speech (or at any time for that matter), a foreign telepathic command had washed over the lot of them.

What was that?

Jasper looked around himself, bewildered by the presence of a voice that felt all too familiar. It was not unlike the kind he heard during his days in the Dark Kingdom, a so-called janitor that provided his services to the Shitennou in an effort to prove himself as a worthy apprentice. He was the janitor because he did a lot of dirty behind-the-scenes work to ensure that his role models would be enable to enact their schemes with as little difficulty as possible.

He didn't have much time to dwell on that, however. A falcon-masked operator attempted to tickle his ribs with 20 cm of sharpened steel that had previously been concealed. An admirable attempt on his life, if not for the lack of expertise and muscle memory. Instead, the would-be vigilante had succeeded in slashing the finely tailored suit jacket on Jasper's body.

Having not agreed to this unskilled tailor's alteration, Jasper looped his arm around that of his knife wielding assailant, trapping him in place. He then proceeded to strike the side of his head against the masked attacker's face, which produced a very satisfying yelp of pain. Jasper then seized the falcon thug's shoulders and spun around, hurling him into three of his closest fellows who fell into a disorganized heap of limbs and arms.

In that moment, the remaining vultures closed in on Jasper, eager to get a piece of the action - or a piece of his hide.

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Subject: Re: [Advanced] Hotline Tokyo 19th May 2015, 4:24 pm

Even without Luna's warning, the growing danger of the situation was obvious. Chibiusa still wanted Jasper. Fortunately for her, Ami, Minako, Rei and Usagi had already transformed. Her friends weren't around to worry about anymore either so there was nothing keeping the smallest soldier from following their lead.

Chibisa prepared to set Luna down and reach for her own brooch, but before she could move a sudden voice filled her ears that caused her to flinch. It was the same same voice she had heard at the Crown Parlor yesterday, but it was different this time. It was stronger now, and much more malicious.

"Luna, I need to help the others," she said before finally placing the cat gently back on the ground.

"Moon Crisis, Make-Up!" Chibiusa cried, and in a second bright flash of pink light that was identical to Usagi's the small girl transformed herself into a Sailor Guardian resembling the others.

Sailor Chibi Mon looked down at Luna one last time and gave her a nod to reassure that she would be careful for descending the stairs of the shrine in a leap much like Sailor Mars had and landed within the semi-circle of thugs before Jasper. The other four Senshi may have had their hands full as well, but the businessman was clearly the one who needed help the most right now.

Blue eyes carefully studied the information displayed before her. There was definitely a dark influence at work here, not simply the discontent of normal civilians. Interestingly--or, perhaps, disconcertingly--this did not appear to be an evil power that the sailor soldiers had encountered before. It didn't read as the negative energy of the Dark Kingdom, the Black Moon Clan, the Death Busters, or the Dead Moon Circus.

That meant, unfortunately, that it was likely this was a new enemy the Sailor Team would need to protect the Earth from. An agent of love and justice's work was never done, apparently.

As a roar went up from the crowd and the vandals charged at them, Sailor Mercury did her best to alert the other sailor soldiers to what she had learned.

"They're being controlled! Be careful!" she warned.

And then it was time for action.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!" she called, targetting two of the masked drones. Hopefully it would be enough to incapacitate and weaken them without serious injury until they could be healed of the dark influence.

She was about to reflect on the new girl's strange reaction to this turn of events--to fangirl rather than to help--when she spotted a flash of pink at the center of the battle. Her heart sank. Sailor Chibi Moon was alone in front of Jasper, facing fourteen masked miscreants. The younger girl's heart was in the right place, as always, but her strategy was not Mercury-approved.

"We have to help Chibi Moon!" she told the other sailor soldiers. They couldn't let their future princess be in danger!

Venus smiled triumphantly as the crowd seemed to stall at the sailor senshis' presence. Maybe the crowd could be convinced to just leave if-

Kill them.

The voice echoed in her head, but there was no true weight to it, as if she had accidentally tuned into the wrong radio station. The voice seemed to have a much stronger effect on the crowd though, and all the confusion they had disappeared as they went to obey the command. She took a short step back as four men approached her, ready to fight them. She could see the rest of them surround her fellow senshi and Jasper as well, though they were ganging up more on the man. Venus nodded at Mercury's warning. These people were most likely brainwashed by whoever had given that mental command.

"Try to go easy on them, girls," she said. She turned and ran up the steps before jumping off them again in a flying kick. "Sailor V Kick!" She knocked the men down in a single strike, stunning them. Venus landed neatly in a crouch, throwing her hair back behind her shoulder. She then heard Mercury pointing out Sailor Chibi Moon, and looked up in alarm. What was she doing, getting in front of 14 opponents at once?

"Chibi-Moon!" Venus jumped over her pile of subdued masked men and ran towards the crowd.

Sailor Moon's confident posture was immediately wiped away when one of the masked men came straight for her, holding a lead pipe in his hands. She shrieked and ducked when he swung at her, her mind running in a million directions at once. She needed to get the upper hand, but how could she when she was fighting a civilian? She could hear Mercury's shout, about the people being controlled, but what could they do? As Sailor Moon caught the arm of the man as he swung for her again, she shouted, "Mercury, what do we do?!"

The man was a lot stronger than she was, and Sailor Moon was being pushed back as their arms battled for dominance. Grunting, the senshi of the moon shoved her foot forward into the man's chest, causing him to let go of her and fall backwards with an "oof!". In her brief moment to breathe, Usagi quickly went through a mental list of her attacks.

"Would Moon Tiara Stardust work?!" she asked, directing her question to Mercury and Luna. She hadn't used it in so long, she didn't know if it would work on these people.

"Try to incapacitate them without too much injury," she counseled in response to Sailor Moon's first question.

As to the second, Mercury quickly ran another analysis on the miscreants, summoning her Mini Supercomputer and typing into it while carefully dodging the masked mob. She felt reasonably sure that any healing attack that used the Silver Crystal on a moderate level would be enough to save these people from their current state, but she wanted to see what the data had to say.

Luna gave a short nod to Chibi Moon, then broke into a small leap of her own to get a better read on the fighting below. Mercury had quickly determined that these individuals were being influenced by dark powers, and Venus quickly relayed that information to her fellow guardians. Acting on that knowledge, they utilized their own senshi might to subdue the civilians without any permanent injury.

They haven't lost their touch at all.

Setting aside her momentary feelings of pride, Luna's attention turned back to the beleaguered businessman that the future princess had decided to protect. She worried that the man was a wolf in sheep's clothing, attempting to lure the senshi into a compromised position from which to attack. But if that was the case, why did he look like he was showing restraint? He seemed to be rather surprised by the attack on his car, and then on his person.

Perhaps her old enemy was simply a very good actor.

Usagi's question readily found its way to Luna's ears, to which she responded with confidence. "Yes! Sailor Moon, do what you can to free them from this evil aura!" Though Luna had spoken without waiting for Mercury's advice, she had full faith in her partner's ability to restore the civilians to their proper, law-abiding selves.

Jasper's day was only getting better and better. Because of the sheer number of belligerents that were hellbent on taking his life, he had to abandon most of his concerns for the civilians' well being. If fighting dirty is what would keep him from being injured, that's what he would have to do.

There was one line that he would not cross, however. Sailor Mercury had confirmed his hesitations to strike with lethal force, which inherently placed him at a disadvantage. Skilled at fighting as he was, the masked marauders were not hindered by such notions - which meant the battle could go sideways in an instant. Each of them exuded an aura of malice, one that was decidely foreign to the Japanese communal temperment.

It took a great amount of effort on Jasper's part to defend himself against these unrestrained attacks. A vulture-masked assailant moved to strike his head with a table leg raised overhead. Anticipating the arc of the swing, Jasper caught the man's wrist and brought his knee up to strike the hoodlum in the stomach. One of Jasper's calloused hands wrenched the table leg out of the thug's hand, while the other gripped the vulture mask and slammed it face-first into the chassis of Jasper's sports car. Before he could start to dole out additional servings of punishment, a vaguely familiar figure dropped down and took up a protective stance before him.

It was Sailor Moon... with pink hair and almost a full meter of height deficit. Perhaps it would be Sailor Moon with a few more years of growth. She deserved style points for her courageous leap into the fray. She also possessed an unusually determined look in her eyes; the businessman had seen it before in the Sailor Moon that he was familiar with.

The masked men stopped and retreated partially, not knowing first what to expect from the young sailor senshi. Their hesitation then turned to amusement, with a few voices calling out to the unlikely duo.

"Who is that?"

"Is it a costume player?"

"Rich man! Are you relying on little girls to fight for you now?!"

The knuckles of Jasper's right hand turned white as he firmly gripped the table leg. After whispering a brief word of thanks to the brave senshi, Jasper responded to the mob's catcalls concerning Chibi Moon's intervention with an equally condescending provocation. "Sorry, I didn't hear you. Could you come closer and say that into my good ear?"

As Venus approached the bristling bullies, three of them turned to meet her footsteps. These suspects included an owl, a chicken, and a turkey. Acting as the lead of this small splinter group, the owl swung a length of thin railing chain towards the senshi of love and beauty. "Stay out of this!"

The other two men, each of whom were filled with fowl intentions, awaited their opportunity to strike at Venus with their stolen batons.

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Venus skidded to a stop as a few masked citizens broke away to face her. These three all seemed to favor bird masks, but what mattered most was that they were all in the way between her and Chibiusa. Hoping she could hold her ground for another minute alone, Venus decided to fight them. She leaned away from the chain as it whipped at her, and waggled a finger at the owl faced man.

"You should know better than to use my own weapons against me!" Her hand went to the belt at her waist, and it glowed gold and extended as she removed it. "Venus Love-Me Chain!" She cracked her weapon like a whip against the concrete before starting to spin it rapidly at her side. Her eyes darted to the two baton wielding men, and lashed out at the first one's hand before whipping the other one on the wrist, aiming to disarm them for a while.

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Subject: Re: [Advanced] Hotline Tokyo 27th May 2015, 11:33 am

Mamoru tried to restrain the squirming girl in his arms. Her excitement gave her nearly inhuman strength and flexibility. It seemed strange to him that this girls was somehow at the shrine with everyone and yet still acted like it was a miracle the Senshi were appearing.

"Please, it's much safer away from the battle," he tried to say. Just as he lost his grip on the girl a telepathic command flashed through his mind.

Kill them,it said. And suddenly his urge to keep this girl from the battle intensified. In a split second he decided to transform as that was the only way he could catch up with this girl's speed

Kaede ran up to the scene with bright, sparkling eyes. It was all she had ever dreamed of.

“WOW!” she cheered, completely ignorant to the terrible reality of the situation at hand. “Sailor Venus used her Love Me Chain! I wonder if she would be free to sign my replica of it. Maybe Sailor Chibi Moon could give me an insider tip on how to get that last plushie of her! This is so cool!”

She twirled around to see the man who had assisted her. In his place was someone entirely new. Wonderfully new.

“TUXEDO MASK.”

Kaede nearly had a heart attack. Of all of her heroes to appear, he had to show up! Her face went bright red and the world around her disappeared for a moment. He was almost as dreamy as that musical adaptation version of him played by a stunning woman that she shelled out money to go see.

She shook her head once again, remembering the situation about her.

“I have no idea where that guy went that was just here but since you’re here, he should be OK! I don’t even have to transform! You guys totally got this!”

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Subject: Re: [Advanced] Hotline Tokyo 27th May 2015, 6:04 pm

Chibi Moon gave a brief smile up at Jasper for his thanks. At least he seemed to be showing her some respect, unlike the horde of masked men who seemed to think she was a joke. She gritted her teeth in mild annoyance.

It wasn't their fault, though. Sailor Mercury had already assessed that these men were being controlled somehow, but the Guardian In-training still couldn't help but blush slightly at being called a costume-player.

"If I were in costume it would at least be a lot more age-appropriate than a bunch of full-grown adults wearing animal masks," was her response.

"But I'm not in costume and adults should know better than to gang up on someone who is all alone like a bunch of schoolyard bullies! I am the petite Pretty Soldier in a sailor suit, Sailor Chibi Moon! And in the name of the future moon, I'll punish you!" Chibi Moon stuck her own pose with an accusatory point that was a perfect mirror of her mother's.

Luckily for her, before the mob had a chance to retaliate at her challenge she was quickly joined by Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus. Sailor Mars and Sailor Moon were still preoccupied with their own challengers at the moment, but she knew that they could handle them and that she had made the right choice in helping Jasper first.

Now it was time for Chibi Moon to prove herself as capable as the rest of her fellow senshi. She held out her hand and, in a smaller flash of pink light, a heart-shaped bell appeared and she readied herself to defend Jasper as she anticipated the Moon Tiara Stardust. Her Crystal Carillon would no longer ring to call for Helios, but it would still serve as a weapon if she needed it.

This was all too easy for Mars. Humans and fire were natural enemies, so it didn't take much to fend off the few masked men who came for her. A couple fireballs were enough to send them all rolling around on the ground, trying to put out the flames that were eating their clothes. Mars leaned on one leg, laughing at her handiwork. Turning her head towards Sailor Moon, she yelled, "Hurry up! I'm tired of wasting my time!"

Despite defending herself having been easy, Rei couldn't help but worry about what all of this could mean for the city. These masked people had tried, and succeeded, in destroying that rich man's car. Mars didn't necessarily feel bad for him, but more for the other victims these ruffians had targeted. She wanted to put a stop to it right here and now, but it seemed that would be a little easier said than done.

With Chibi Moon now in the battle, Sailor Moon knew she needed to hurry. Anxiety always plagued her when Chibiusa was involved in conflicts, even though the younger girl was capable of defending herself. Mars's shout didn't do much to make Sailor Moon feel better, either.

"YOU'RE NOT HELPING!" she shouted to the raven-haired senshi, glaring in her direction. The man she had successfully defended herself against was getting up, which Sailor Moon took as her cue to attack.

Removing the tiara from her head, Sailor Moon took a deep breath before pulling her arm back.

"Moon Tiara Stardust!"

As she finished the attack, Sailor Moon tossed the tiara, watching as it floated over the heads of every masked man in their group. Her aim was still perfect, she noticed with a smile. Stardust fell from the tiara as it went, floating onto their enemies. The senshi of love and justice crossed her fingers, hoping this would work.

Sailor Mercury continued to fend off the hooligans, careful not to use enough force to seriously harm any of these people. Knowing that they were being controlled and not choosing to do this because of an alliance with a dark power made the typically-compassionate Mercury feel it even more so. Sailor Moon would be able to restore them to their senses--she was sure of it. After all, their princess had proved time and time again that her control over the Silver Crystal was only getting stronger.

Jasper continued to fight against the mob, rather than joining them. Sailor Mercury continued to watch his actions as she completed her own, still intrigued by Luna's earlier reveal. They'd have a lot to learn if these masked attacks continued.

"Are you ready, Sailor Moon?" she called over her shoulder. In that instant, the blonde unleashed one of her attacks. Sailor Mercury clicked on her visor, watching the effect spread over the group, hoping it would work.

Together with his unexpected backup, Jasper managed to hold his ground against the advancing throng of darkly influenced citizens. Sailor Venus swiftly chastised the birds threatening her with her golden chain, disarming two of them and intimidating the third. Unsurprisingly, the owl did not look very confident in his chances against such an experienced sailor soldier, proceeding to drop his own chain and remove himself from the grand melee.

The younger protege of Sailor Moon was no less capable in proving her might. Though the Crystal Carillon could no longer call for Pegasus, it was a durable artifact that saw use in sweeping unwary feet out from beneath the few threats that decided she was an easier mark than the rich man that she acted to protect.

The effect of Sailor Moon's purifying stardust was immediate and tangible. The remaining citizens stopped and looked around themselves, dropping their makeshift weaponry; some even removed their masks and looked around as if having awoken from a dream.

"Where am I?"

"Look, it's Sailor Moon! Did she help us again?"

Two signatures of negative energy remained. One of them was their subject of concern, and the other belonged to the overweight man in the pig mask whom Jasper had struck at the very beginning of this brawl. Most concerning to Mercury at this point was the sudden movement that the Pigman had displayed after having remained idle all this time.

With unnatural alacrity did this pig fly back into the core of the pacified mob, his steps unerringly carrying him towards the original target of this venture. His crude weapon was meant only for one person, who did not bear a senshi fuku. Despite this fact, the youngest senshi could feel the murderous intent behind the pipe as it swung over her head and directly into Jasper's own.

The businessman had no way to stop this surprise attack, having stopped to catch his breath. His attention had been preoccupied by Venus and Chibimoon, his expressions of thankful relief changing to a stunned grimace as he fell to the street pavement. Startled by this sudden display of violence, several of the masked citizens started to back away from the scene of potential bloodshed.

"Tell Maoh that Wilbur sent you," came the assailant's bloodcurdling snarl. While Jasper struggled to get back up to his feet, the Pigman raised his pipe in preparation to deliver a finishing blow.

Mars didn't even realize she was moving until after it happened. Her legs moved on their own as her mind seemed to flatline. In the blink of an eye, she had sprinted away from the man who was previously attacking her and towards the pig-headed assailant. With a small grunt, Mars grabbed his wrist and pushed back with all of her strength, doing the best she could to prevent him from swinging at Jasper another time. No matter how much she disliked the wealthy man, she had a duty to protect others. She was not going to stand by and watch as someone was beaten possibly to death.

Venus snapped her chain again as her three assailants fled the scene. "Yeah, I thought you might change your minds!" Amateurs.... And then Sailor Moon's Moon Tiara Stardust attack fell over the crowd, and they calmed down. Relaxing, Venus let her chain fade away. Well, that was strange, but at least they had stopped whatever was going on. She didn't have time to react when the Pig masked man suddenly moved, and could only watch as he slammed a pipe into Jasper's head.

But Mars had caught it, and had gone into action to stop him. As soon as she grabbed his wrist, Venus ran over to join her, grabbing the man's other arm to pull him away. "Oh no you don't!" she said, struggling with his size.

The figure in the pig-mask was one of the two data points displayed on her visor that had not be impacted by Sailor Moon's attack, Jasper being the other one. Did this mean that the pig-masked person was the one controlling the others? It seemed possible. As much as she didn't necessarily trust Jasper, given his background as described by Luna, he was currently not wearing a mask and not participating on the same side as the hooligans that damaged his car. It seemed less than likely that he would be the one in charge considering the masked assailant.

Now Mars and Venus grappled with the pig-masked man as he tried to continue his assault on Jasper. She wasn't quite ready to yell out her concerns in the middle of battle--there wasn't enough data for that. This was something to discuss in a sailor soldier meeting.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!" she cried out, sending the freezing water towards the pig-masked man, aiming to encase at least part of him in ice--sparing Sailors Mars and Venus, of course--and prevent him from completing more of his actions.

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Subject: Re: [Advanced] Hotline Tokyo 9th June 2015, 5:52 am

In a quick moment, Tuxedo Mask caught up with this enthusiastic fan girl, mostly because she had stopped to watch the battle below, thankfully. He also heard her the girl mention transforming. Was she also a Sailor Senshi? He would ask about this later once the situation below was resolved.

"Please stay next to me and I will keep you safe," he instructed. Tuxedo Mask looked out at the fight again and smiled to himself when Sailor Moon cast Moon Tiara Stardust over the crowd. It was not an attack she used often, but quite useful. He relaxed a bit when the crowd calmed down.

But the man in the pig mask called out an angry retort.He means to kill that man!! Tuxedo Mask thought as the pig-masked man struck the rich looking man a serious blow to the head. Thankfully Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus reacted right away to keep the one in the pig mask from causing further harm.

Wilbur growled in disguist as he was denied the killing stroke, struggling against the clinching tactic employed by Mars and Venus. He could eventually work his way free of their grasp, but it would not be an expeditious escape as the Pigman had desired; the weight and shape of his lead pipe was also working against him, yet he refused to relinquish the would-be murder weapon.

Then a third Sailor Senshi intervened and washed his plans down the gutter. A torrent of freezing water splashed onto Wilbur, incapacitating his arms, legs, and lower torso within a sheet of ice. Unable to hold his grip on the pipe, it clattered to the ground at his feet.

"Urrgh..! You may have won this scuffle, but Schwarzpferd will surely hear of this."

Sailor Moon cheered at her friends' victory, glad that they had worked together to stabilize this threat. "You're not gonna do anything, you big bully!" she shouted, placing a hand on her hip. This guy was definitely dangerous, and he needed to be put behind bars. Sailor Moon turned to where she knew Mamoru had been standing and was about to have him call the police when she saw Kaede asking him for his autograph. Immediately feeling jealous, Sailor Moon marched over and looped her arm through his, establishing her dominance. "Hey, Tuxedo Mask, we should go check out that guy. He got hit pretty bad..." she said, trying to distract him from her jealous actions.

In spite of the pipe clearing Sailor Chibi Moon's head entirely the trainee-soldier still couldn't help but flinch at the sight of the blunt object being swung in her direction. Closing her eyes had prevented her from seeing Jasper get hit, but she still heard a cracking sound. Sailor Chibi Moon reopened her eyes are soon as she was able to and desperately reached out to prevent the businessman from falling, but the full weight of his already unconscious body was too much and he slipped to the ground.

In a continued effort to protect Jasper from any further harm the young senshi quickly dropped to her knees and struggled to support the upper half of the grown man's body into a seated position as Wilbur delivered his cryptic message. When Sailor Chibi Moon looked back up at the masked Pigman he had already begun to withdraw before she had a chance to retaliate, but Sailor Mars, Venus and Mercury had been quick to pursue.

"I'm sorry I wasn't able to stop that man in the mask..." she said sullenly as both of her future parents turned their attention towards Jasper and began to approach.

"Do you think he'll be okay?" Chibi Moon asked as she glanced back down at the man who was still unconscious.

A figure stepped out of the shadows, long jade green hair swaying behind her as she bent down to check on the unconscious man, fingers gently probing at his neck before she straightened up. Quickly her eyes focused on something off in the distance, then refocused again as she brought herself back into the present. She could hear the footsteps coming closer and closer, her hand tightening around the long key shaped staff in her hand. Her presence here in real time would be a cause for alarm, as it always had been. She didn't mind, however.

She was just glad to see them all again, after being apart for so long...

"He'll be fine. We should call the ambulance to pick him up however, before cleaning up the loose ends here. We should hurry."

Jasper was unconscious, but the man in the pig mask was still here--albeit temporarily frozen mostly in place. Mercury was shocked that the others seemed unconcerned about taking care of this miscreant who seemed to be the ring-leader. She approached, cautiously--just enough to kick the pipe farther well out of reach.

"E-everyone, we don't seem to be finished here!" she called, confused. "Sailor Moon, maybe you should try to purify him?"

She didn't know how long her attack would keep him immobilized.

Sailor Mercury was so focused on this particular aspect of the situation that she could barely respond in any way to Sailor Pluto's sudden appearance. This could not bode well...

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Subject: Re: [Advanced] Hotline Tokyo 22nd June 2015, 12:12 pm

Mamoru stopped, unable of what to say. The fight was over, but this strange and energetic fangirl's request took him off guard. No one had ever asked him (or any of the other Senshi aside from Venus) for an autograph before, so this was a new experience. He stood their in silent shock for several moments.

Thankfully Sailor Moon noticed and for once he was thankful for her jealousy rearing its head, absolving him from replying.

Moving towards the scene cleared his head. He gave an encouraging look to his future daughter at her sullen question. She had done her best, but the pig-masked man had enacted a surprise attack. There was nothing more she could have done and he could not be more proud. Before he could formulate a reply, Pluto arrived and answered Sailor Chibi Moon's question. This was never a good thing.

At the same time, Mercury reminded everyone that the pig-masked man was not detained indefinitely. He readied his staff just in case the ice broke and hand-to-hand combat was needed.

Kaede blinked and appeared very ignorant to Sailor Moon's action. Was this some sort of team coordination going on between the two? Would she be comfortable linking her arms with another team member? She could only imagine.

She slowly turned around and noticed a new soldier entering the scene.

"SAILOR PLUTO. WOW. WHAT A RARE SIGHTING. I NEEEEEED YOUR AUTOGRAPH."

Kaede was now in maximum fangirl mode. She completely forgot about Tuxedo Mask ignoring her request and now moved onto a new form of admiration. Was this truly a sailor solider like the rest of them? If so, why was she so obsessed with getting autographs and recognition? She wasn't doing anything to help out.

Wilbur bristled as the majority of the guardians' attention alternately fell upon Jasper and/or their mysterious ally with the key-shaped staff. "What am I, chopped liver? You waste your sympathy on a man who deserves none."

The man in the pig mask began to strain against Mercury's half-formed ice cask, testing his strength against the supercooled water in a bid to break free. If all these senshi were too preoccupied with their outpouring of concerns for that scoundrel, then he could escape and get back to his nihilistic rabblerousing.

Or, they could further trap him and turn him over to the police. That would only set him back a little bit, but it also eventually would lead to the same outcome.

A single cat bounded up to the top of the stone stairs, gazing upon the grand melee that had transpired moments ago.

Rather than directing the frenzied mob, Jasper had apparently been forced to defend himself against their attacks. There was no mistaking his identity; Jasper had proven himself to be a formidable fighter in the past, even without the benefit of dark powers at his beck and call. Did he still have such powers at his disposal? Rei's psychic senses would likely not have registered such a strong aura if that were the case, unless he had done something truly despicable.

In spite of that troubling thought, Luna winced out of reflex when the pig-masked man bestowed the gift of a concussion upon her former enemy. She had a number of feelings associated to Jasper's name, but schadenfreude was not one of them.

Thankfully, the senshi wasted very little time in subduing the violent man before he could follow through with his killing intent. She kept her eyes on the mean-spirited pig mask, watching for signs of danger.. too often had her suspicions proved to be correct.